World Studies 3/1/10 Meeting Minutes Room 207
Kapono Facilitator
Attendance: Steve, Elliot, Natalie, Christina, Charelene, Glen & Heidi
Minutes taken by Heidi
We began with Steve sharing some goals that Kopono and he talked about previous to the meeting. 1. Shared Vocabulary 2. Shared Content focus 3. Revisit the books
Skills
How to use technology effectively
How to take notes · Lecture · Movie
Reading comprehension
MLA formatting
In-text citation
Effective use of research resources · Books · Ebsco ·
Library skills
Grammar
Testing – formative & summative
||
Skills
Critical Thinking
Critical Writing
Persuasive writing
Public speaking
Collaborative work
Compare/contrast
Cause/effect
Outlining
Organizing information
Debate
Seminar
Persuasive
Inference
Technology
||
Content – Skills
Content World 1 Beginning -> fall of Roman Empire (500 AD)
Greeks
Romans
India -ancient
Cultures
Development of civilization
Fertile Crescent
Ancient Egypt
Agricultural revolution
China – Early dynasties
Greek Drama/Theater
Shakespeare (as a unit) ü Globe theater ü Life of Shakespeare ü Sonnets ü Three different plays ü Puns ü Devices
Literary devices
Characterization
Analysis of themes
Styles of writing
Vocabulary
Myth & legends
Developmental of World Religions ü Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism
|| || || Content World II Fall of Roman Empire – (500 AD) > WWII (modern times)
Industrial revolution
India – Gandhi
Middle ages Europe
Feudalism – Japan, China, Europe & Hawaii ü Asian poetry unit
Renaissance
Reformation
Imperialism ü Central & S. America Early people
Nationalism
Colonialism
World War I
World War II ü Focus on Genocide
Middle East – Arab/Israeli conflict
Memoir Writing
Review and mastery of World Lit 1 content
World Religions beliefs integrated
|| ||
Next Meeting March 8th 12:15 - EQ & Themes · Come ideas for EQ and themes · Questions -Entrée point questions to the EQ (subsidiary questions)
March 22nd 12:15 - Themes & Books
Heidi will get Iste standards – for Technology integration
Glen will look at world history themes Future discussions
Discussion for expectation for homework
Annotated timeline
World Studies Minutes - 3-22-2010
Attendance: Steve, Kapono, Christina, Elliott, Glen and Heidi (Heidi took minutes) Next meeting - Revise Themes and General understandings
EQ - DRAFT 1. What do we all have in common? 2. What does it mean to be civilized? 3. What themes and ideas transcend time and culture? 4. Have we really changed? 5. What is the difference between rights and responsibilities? 6. How can one individual, group, or society change history?
Themes 1. Social justice 2. Culture 3.
Examples of Meaningful Understandings 1. Humans have a desire for freedom 2. Humans have a propensity for violence and warfare 3. Humans have a lust for wealth and power 4. Humans have a drive for knowledge and advancement 5. Humans have a spiritual yearning with basic understanding of good and evil 6. Humans have a basic need to belong to a cultural
3/1/10 Meeting Minutes
Room 207
Kapono Facilitator
Attendance: Steve, Elliot, Natalie, Christina, Charelene, Glen & Heidi
Minutes taken by Heidi
We began with Steve sharing some goals that Kopono and he talked about previous to the meeting.
1. Shared Vocabulary
2. Shared Content focus
3. Revisit the books
How to use technology effectively
How to take notes
· Lecture
· Movie
Reading comprehension
MLA formatting
In-text citation
Effective use of research resources
· Books
· Ebsco
·
Library skills
Grammar
Testing – formative & summative
Critical Thinking
Critical Writing
Persuasive writing
Public speaking
Collaborative work
Compare/contrast
Cause/effect
Outlining
Organizing information
Debate
Seminar
Persuasive
Inference
Technology
Content – Skills
World 1
Beginning -> fall of Roman Empire (500 AD)
Greeks
Romans
India -ancient
Cultures
Development of civilization
Fertile Crescent
Ancient Egypt
Agricultural revolution
China – Early dynasties
Greek Drama/Theater
Shakespeare (as a unit)
ü Globe theater
ü Life of Shakespeare
ü Sonnets
ü Three different plays
ü Puns
ü Devices
Literary devices
Characterization
Analysis of themes
Styles of writing
Vocabulary
Myth & legends
Developmental of World Religions
ü Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism
Content
World II
Fall of Roman Empire – (500 AD) > WWII (modern times)
Industrial revolution
India – Gandhi
Middle ages Europe
Feudalism – Japan, China, Europe & Hawaii
ü Asian poetry unit
Renaissance
Reformation
Imperialism
ü Central & S. America Early people
Nationalism
Colonialism
World War I
World War II
ü Focus on Genocide
Middle East – Arab/Israeli conflict
Memoir Writing
Review and mastery of World Lit 1 content
World Religions beliefs integrated
||
||
Next Meeting March 8th 12:15 - EQ & Themes
· Come ideas for EQ and themes
· Questions -Entrée point questions to the EQ (subsidiary questions)
March 22nd 12:15 - Themes & Books
Heidi will get Iste standards – for Technology integration
Glen will look at world history themes
Future discussions
Discussion for expectation for homework
Annotated timeline
World Studies Minutes - 3-22-2010
Attendance: Steve, Kapono, Christina, Elliott, Glen and Heidi (Heidi took minutes)
Next meeting - Revise Themes and General understandings
EQ - DRAFT
1. What do we all have in common?
2. What does it mean to be civilized?
3. What themes and ideas transcend time and culture?
4. Have we really changed?
5. What is the difference between rights and responsibilities?
6. How can one individual, group, or society change history?
Themes
1. Social justice
2. Culture
3.
Examples of Meaningful Understandings
1. Humans have a desire for freedom
2. Humans have a propensity for violence and warfare
3. Humans have a lust for wealth and power
4. Humans have a drive for knowledge and advancement
5. Humans have a spiritual yearning with basic understanding of good and evil
6. Humans have a basic need to belong to a cultural
We will continue our discussion on these topics